📍 851 Madison Ave SE, Grand Rapids, Kent County, 49507
Gerald R Ford Academic Center is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Grand Rapids, Kent County. The school has 230 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Grand Rapids Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. 8% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Gerald R Ford Academic Center enrolls 230 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Black or African American, 41% Hispanic or Latino and 3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 124 | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 95 | 41% |
| White | 7 | 3% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
204 of the school's 230 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 202 qualify for free lunch and 2 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gerald R Ford Academic Center is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MI-30, state senate district 29, state house district 75.
Gerald R Ford Academic Center is one of 51 schools in Grand Rapids Public Schools, based in GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan. The district serves 13,692 students district-wide and employs 795 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 230 students, Gerald R Ford Academic Center is close to the district average of about 268 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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